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• Fire warning #1201
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wyatt
  Thu, 17 Oct 1996 10:24:56 -0600
  ...Today I was passing this junkyard and stopped in to tell them I was finished with the old and they were welcome to come...
• Re: Day Spent In Vanagon Hell
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 21:43:36 +1200
  ...Anyway, get the "new" starter in and hook >everything up-still no response-4th turn of the key I hear the >engine bump as...
• Re: Summer camping Wa/Or/Ca?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:24:48 -0700
  ...For the last few years, we've often found a nice spot for a stopover, and found ourselves still there 7-10 days later...
• Re: Sliding door popping open
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 8 Feb 2007 05:17:20 -0800
  ...The back of the slider will pop open every so often when I >hit a bump. I tried adjusting the striker and thought I...
• Re: Sliding door comes open...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 4 Jan 2010 23:09:48 -0800
  I also might as well admit the sliding door on my 85 pops open at the slightest bump. � Too busy to remember fixing it...
• Re: Plastic(Alloy?) Vs Steel Engine Cover in a Diesel Vanagon..
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 3 Apr 2001 09:01:30 -0700
  ...On an especially steep and bumpy road the engine suddenly cut out, the van stopped, and smoke came out of the "body vents". We...
• Re: VW Seattle Show
  Historical mailing list - Road Camper
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 22:59:30 -0700
  ...Hella h4's, metal wrap around south african bumpers, porsche 17 in rims, and a non vanagon silver paint job. Great show. The 74...
• Re: If you've replaced your CV joints--please read
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 16 Feb 1997 22:15:50 +0000
  ...go beyond its operating angle frequently, incorrect (overly long) shocks, missing bump stop something like that. No way a properly greased joint even SA...
• Re: SURVEY - I need a metal fab. project
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 08:59:05 -0400
  ...I envision the door of this swinging down and stopping parallel to the ground so that it could be used as a step up...
• Re: Confessions of a blind mechanic
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 28 Mar 2023 15:54:44 -0400
  ...If I can get the system to stop leaking with good parts I hope to start there. How were you thinking it might be...
• Re: mileage from a 1,9 wbx - was: Re: I Cleaned my AFM...
  Historical mailing list - John S. Klun
  Mon, 20 May 2002 12:19:46 -0600
  ...chrome bumper is dented enough so the rubber inserts won't stay in. The muffler/tail pipes need to be welded to stop the...
• Re: 84 Sludge / Head
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 10 Oct 2004 21:57:45 -0400
  That light brow gooey gunky stuff is too much Bars stop leak already. Probably the reason it was for sale so you could buy...
• Re: Westy to Weekender or just buy another one?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 9 Sep 2002 10:05:50 -0400
  ...When you're travelling with a trailer you have to limit your stops to places with large parking lots. - You'll always be conscious...
• Re: pushrod leak question
  Historical mailing list - anthony kimmons
  Fri, 2 Aug 2002 12:10:56 -0500
  ...The bumper and end caps are history, > and I seem to have developed a leak at/around my left front pushrod > tube. It doesn...
• 550 mile trip NIGHTMARE trip to Toronto (Long)
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Mon, 30 Oct 2000 10:43:42 -0500
  ...It all started around 3 pm Saturday when I left Philadelphia and was rear-ended by a taxi in bumper-to-bumper traffic. Who...
• Re: Can Someone Please Shed Some Light....
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:35:09 -0700
  ...heavy duty front > >> bumpers to my order-with deer season starting up again here in Virginia > >> (actually it never STOPS) I sure would like...
• Re: Tail lights? (F)
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 27 Aug 1999 21:46:33 -0700
  Get some big bumpers like I have and paint em RED - instead of a trailer hitch, get something like a big pointy spear... hang...
• 65 UnEarthing - Bruno Lives! (sort of) - change stats - specs
  Historical mailing list - Mike Mott
  Sun, 19 Nov 95 12:21:51 -0500
  ...rear engine seal metal rusted out, battery hanging by its wires, bumper mounts gone, bumper rusted beyond repair and the muffler was being used...
• Anyone got a bike rack or towing hitch?
  Historical mailing list - Clark Carr
  21 Apr 97 16:53:27 EDT
  ...You can buy a "bike rack" that attaches with straps to the rear hatch and bumper assembly. The clear advantage here is price; Something...
• Re: 1981 Westy project fun
  Historical mailing list - Mike Moery
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 21:35:19 -0900
  ...However I do need to track down all the clunks and clangs I get when I go over a bump. I have just replaced...
• Re: Help identifying part (image provided)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sun, 6 May 2007 08:39:04 -0700
  ...turn/stop). If you see a harness of white-brown-green- > yellow or brown-green-yellow wires hanging out near the rear bumper of...
• Re: Frydaye - Advice Needed re Tinted Windows and Dog
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:24:55 -0700
  ...The GMC also has an awful ride - you feel every bump, > but it isn't that big of a deal, just annoying (I am...
• Re: Cold Morning Puzzlement Part Deux
  Historical mailing list - Caston/Payne
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 09:40:56 -0500
  ...Try bumping up the idle just a hair at a time to see if the results are favorable. Are your plugs fresh? If not...
• Syncro tire sizes
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Fri, 1 May 1998 17:13:51 -0300
  ...I'd stop at the 28.5" diam also, less chance of rubbing. Solution will be a scrounged swing out rack from Bronco, with...
• Re: Clunk goes the rear wheel
  Historical mailing list - Sondergaard, Arlene
  Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:05:31 -0800
  It felt like the rear right wheel stopped briefly. Just a feeling, I guess it could be the whole back end. I had a...
• Re: noise reduction
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Sat, 23 Oct 2004 11:11:50 -0700
  ...Hitting rough spots easily means + 3 to 4 dBA, driving over the raised lane marker bumps: 88 dBA! I also did some measurements using...
• Re: Confessions of a blind mechanic
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 28 Mar 2023 14:32:17 -0400
  ...And then noticed, the temp sensor sticks out of radiator and was under the metal of the van. > > My heart stoped. I lowered the...
• Re: Vanagon in Milwaukee FS?
  Historical mailing list - Captain Ray Nemo
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 19:24:48 -0800
  ...Break free and the Bulley method (soak-clean-tap-pray, stop-drop-and-roll or something like that) will be a way of life...
• Re: One more thought on accidents
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 20:31:49 -0700
  ...Do something to stop more trauma > and damage from > occurring. > > Then go after the documentation. > > > > Myron Lind > > 81 Westy > > 82 Diesel Westy getting mechanical...
• Re: Towing!!!
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Mon, 14 May 2001 09:28:51 -0600
  ...Like Steve said, stopping is the part to be concerned about. A vanagon can pull most anything, but stopping is an adventure. Leave lots...
• Re: oil falls out of vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - l p
  Thu, 13 Sep 2001 20:38:54 -0700
  ...oil falls out of vanagon! It's true! It all fell out a little hole in the back!! Anyway, recently stopped & noticed large pool...
• Re: Replaced auto tranny doesn't work. Advice needed!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:49:04 -0700
  ...m trying to back over an enormous speed bump. It backs up very slightly, but stops, seemingly as if it's trying to back...
• Re: 'fridge: saggy door, wimpy latch
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 25 Feb 2000 15:02:22 -0800
  ...I had removed what was left of stock bumpers a couple of years back and had tried little hemispherical polyurethane bumpers, but they were...
• Clunking front end noise
  Historical mailing list - db25
  Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:50:00 EDT
  ...The first bump out of my driveway lt me know that that wasn't it. The dealers second guess was the outer tie rod...
• Re: Dead Transmission in 84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Wed, 2 May 2001 21:11:00 -0700
  ...inwhile > it would experience a tranny-crisis as follows: > > from dead stop > in first gear > barely start creeping forward and.... > > BAM! There'd be...
• Re: Highway Driving Vanagon Style?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 18 Jun 1998 15:17:17 CDT
  ...if it means stopping for lunch a good bit early and waiting out the rush hour before i get to the big city, ok...
• Re: 3rd (center) Brake light for late model Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:20:18 +1100
  ...Idiot in front slams on brakes for no obvious reason, my wife brakes hard but stops in time...coach driver travelling too close behind...
• Re: Winches, response blocked again!
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Sat, 20 Nov 2021 08:51:05 -0800
  ...I often suggest low > voltage cut out to stop it when the alternator can't keep up. > > Than of course there is learning how...
• Re: <F> 21 things to do in the.....
  Historical mailing list - Charles \"Luke\" Lukey
  Fri, 5 Nov 1999 06:13:19 -0800
  ...So, to get the day going, and give the moral a little bump, how's about some fun in the elevator? 1: Make a...
• Re: WD-40....Fact or Fiction?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:10:46 -0800
  ...vehicles, as well > as vinyl bumpers. > 26. Restores and cleans roof racks on vehicles.. > 27. Lubricates and stops squeaks in electric fans. > 28. Lubricates...
• Re: Febi or FEQ upper control arm bushing quality
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 6 May 2010 06:36:52 -0700
  ...I was disappointed that I still had creaking noises when going over > bumps. I am not passing judgement on these "German" upper control arm...
• Re: Fog light set up and switch used.
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Mon, 1 Dec 2008 19:00:09 -0500
  ...I was going to wire the front ones into the 1st switch stop >> and >> then the back into the 2 spot. >> 1) The question...
• Re: Woe is me !!
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Thu, 22 Jul 2004 13:48:34 -0400
  Joe, Late 70s, already two claims against her insurance, and now yours.....perhaps it's time she stopped driving. Look at it this way...
• Re: Common front end rattles?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 14 Jun 2021 23:12:46 -0400
  ...So when on a bumpy road I get a rattle I never heard before. I hope Andrew’s shim trick works. They wanted time...
• tranny mount.?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:01:33 -0700
  ...When I bump start the van, I also hear a clunk. Should I be able to move the nose of the tranny easily with...
• Re: Water deliberately added to gasoline?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 10 Dec 2002 18:14:07 -0800
  ...Since I have stopped using ARCO my engine isn't cutting out I drove about 8 miles today-not one incidence. All their fuel...
• Re: VANAGON digest 1370: EVs hitch and paint and bugout..
  Historical mailing list - William A. Killian
  Fri, 23 May 1997 14:44:06 -0400 (EDT)
  ...heavy metal bits which I think >used to hold the rear bumper on. No muss, no fuss. Nothing except bolts that were too short...
• Steering/front end "Clack!" sound - then no sound!
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:25:10 -0800
  ...traveling straight on the highway, no bumps, steering feels like it *intermittently* has ~ 1/4 - 1/2" play. Front end squeeks though I suspect...
• Re: How do you when your springs need to be replaced?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:09:36 -0700
  ...and the straight line tracking/ steering repsonse. Like immediate 60 % improvement. Stop by and we'll put some on the front for you to...
• Re: syncro - heads up on potential power steering line issue
  Historical mailing list - Bill Glenn
  Thu, 9 Jun 2011 03:19:27 -0400
  ...The shocks were supplied with Schrader valves that I mounted on the rear bumper of the truck, and small hard plastic lines of about...
• Re: Overheating symptoms?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Mar 1996 22:32:03 -0700
  ...that sounds about like my "sit on the bumper" test. In any case, if you're going to stop, you'll probably need to...
• Re: Am I asking too much for my van?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Tu
  Sat, 13 Apr 2002 03:14:27 -0700
  ...Front bumper needs some work, Rear bumper just >straightened/painted from recent rear end accident (minor damage), 2 rust >areas in window seal/seam...
• Re: First Time Rear Brakes
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 6 Jan 2004 14:31:22 -0600
  ...Once I started tapping round and round, sort of bumping it towards the ends of the studs, it popped right off......without having to...
• Re: drips of antifreeze off head
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 30 Dec 2012 11:56:06 -0800
  ...If the gaskets seem sold then some of the stop leak > options will work. You need to be aware that if the radiator or...
• Re: Rear-wheel clunk (possibly) identified
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Wed, 25 May 2016 19:38:35 -0500
  ...After turning to the right at speed, 25+ MPH, I'd get the clunking going over bumps until I turned left at those speeds...
• Re: Wire Damage from Rodent(s)
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:00:03 -0500
  ...I watched a rodent (local type of squirrel) appear at > > my bumper, then disappear up behind rad grill. > > > > I saw one dead in my...
• Tristar Prices FWIW
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Sat, 18 Nov 2000 00:08:03 -0800
  ...In 1958 Porsche stopped making the speedster. A nicely crafted but quite crude by modern standards "sports car". No roll-up windows, bumpy ride...
• Re: ReRe: Fryeday Question & MythBusters!! Naphlene
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 24 Mar 2006 13:00:24 -0800
  ...It may > take > a little bit of time and agitation (driving, which includes going over > bumps > and around turns), but sugar will be a...
• Re: Syncro Race at Hollister?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Fri, 11 May 2001 19:38:01 -0700
  ...There will be personal > differences between fellow members. > > However, I would not let that stop me from meeting with other fellow members > when the...
• Re: Looking for trip planning suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:11:57 -0700
  ...from Humbolt as stops at either(or both) Van Cafe or GoWesty are in > order as the van needs new bumpers and maybe a...